[PENNMUSH] Corrupt chatdb?

[Alan Schwartz]

Quoting Jeff Ferrell (jmferrell at mac.com):
> Yark! All of a sudden, I restart my mush (1.7.7p39) and get this:
> 
> [12/30 10:22:27] 1.7.7
> [12/30 10:22:27] MUSH restarted, PID 4405, at Thu Dec 30 10:22:27 2004
> [12/30 10:22:27] ANALYZING: data/indb
> [12/30 10:22:27] ANALYZING: data/indb (done)
> [12/30 10:22:27] LOADING: data/indb
> [12/30 10:22:27] Loading database saved on Wed Dec 29 22:15:43 2004 UTC
> [12/30 10:22:27] READING: done
> [12/30 10:22:27] LOADING: data/indb (done)
> [12/30 10:22:27] LOADING: Trying to get mail from data/indb
> [12/30 10:22:27] LOADING: data/maildb
> [12/30 10:22:27] LOADING: data/maildb (done)
> [12/30 10:22:27] LOADING: Trying to get chat from data/indb
> [12/30 10:22:27] CHAT: Invalid database format!
> [12/30 10:22:27] ERROR READING DATABASE
> [12/30 10:22:27] ERROR: Couldn't load databases! Exiting.
> 
> If tried a couple of crude things (yanking the chatdb out of the 
> directory to see what happens, etc.) with no luck. I don't mind losing 
> my chatdb and starting over...is there a way I can create a blank 
> substitute, just to get things running again?

I think this may be the bug in db loading fixed in p40? Maybe
try patching up to that and loading this db?

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